Jan

If you were looking for the character of the day in SS036, see Jan (SS036).

Jan

Jan (Japanese: ジャン Jan) is a character of the day who appeared in The Pi-Kahuna.

Jan was a surfer active 40 years before the events of the episode, and was highly revered. His claim to fame was after he became the first person to have ever ridden a gigantic wave, called Humungadunga (Japanese: ビッグ・チューズデー Big Tuesday), to the top of a rock in the ocean and plant his flag there. He had given his old surfboard to Victor—who idolized him—before heading off to surf around the world.

Victor maintained a personal connection to Jan, he aimed to also plant his flag atop the steep rock while riding Humungadunga. After succeeding he kept the tradition alive, and gave Jan's surfboard to another budding surfer.

Trivia

• Jan's name, along with Puka and Victor's Japanese names (Michael and Vincent respectively), are a reference to Hollywood actor Jan-Michael Vincent, the lead actor of the movie Big Wednesday, from which their episode takes inspiration from.

This article is part of Project COD, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each one-time character of the Pokémon anime.